What Is Development? The systematic changes in an individual that occur between conception and death. Occurs in three broad domains: Physical Cognitive Psychosocial
Historical Perspectives Preformationism (6th – 15th Century) Puritan Doctrine (16th Century) John Locke’s “tabula rasa” (17th Century) Rousseau’s ideas of Innate Goodness (18th Century)
Historical Perspectives Charles Darwin (19th Century) Forefather of scientific child study G. Stanley Hall Regarded as founder of child development study
Theoretical Perspectives of Human Development Psychonalytic (Freud, Erickson) Learning (Behavioral) (Watson, Pavlov, Skinner) Cognitive (Piaget) Social Cognitive (Bandura)
Theoretical Perspectives of Human Development Evolutionary (Ethological, Sociobiological) (Darwin, Lorenz, Gottlieb) Systems Theories (Contextual, Bioecological) (Bronfenbrenner) Lifespan
Terms Growth Maturation Learning Aging Biological aging Life Expectancy Average life expectancy Useful life expectancy Maximum life expectancy
Terms Age Grade Age Norms Developmental norms Social Clock Cohort Cohort Effects
Terms Contextual effects: Normative age graded influences (similar to all) Normative history graded influences Non-normative life events (individual)
Terms Multidimensional Multidirectional Plasticity Individuality (biopsychosocial) Multidirectional Plasticity Individuality
Themes Nature and Nurture Continuity and Discontinuity Stability and Change Universality and Context Specific Development Activity and Passivity
Research in Developmental Psychology Correlation Studies Correlation Coefficient Longitudinal Studies Cross-sectional Studies Sequential Studies